Versatile.

[Scythe13]

If you live in a treeless flat area, a shotgun going off will tell you where a person is and pinpoint them. Try doing it in an area or undulating ground with woods and the alike. Yes you'll know someone is within 1-2 miles in X direction. If you're on that kind of land and you have a shotgun, you'll be gone before anyone within 400 meters is close enough to see you. I'm really not panicking about it.

TH, great post. The only issue with sg is the weight of gun and weight of ammo. You'll be able to carry 200 .22lr more easily that a box of 50 12g's. But I guess it depends on what your plans are and what you'll be using it for.